Tank support



latented Nov, .25, 1941 UNITED STATES TENT TANK SUPPORT Donald B.Tolley, Macomb, Ill., assignor to Globe American Corporation, Kokomo,Ind., a corporation 1 Claim.

This invention relates to a tank support, particularly a simple andefiicient means of supporting liquid containing tanks to a wall inelevated position.

The feature of the invention resides primarily in the provision of anarrow supporting bracket secured to a wall and extending therefrom onlysufficiently to support the adjacent edge of the tank when mountedthereon, said bracket being provided with convenient means forinterlocking the tanktherewith. Associated with said bracket, there isprovided a tie block spaced upwardly therefrom and secured to the wall,to which the upper adjacent wall of the tank may be permanently orremovably tied to prevent its tipping off of the bracket support.

The full nature of the invention will be understood from theaccompanying drawing and the following description and claim:

Fig, 1 is a central vertical section through the supported tank, bracketand tie block with the tank in supported position. Fig. 2 is a plan viewof the lower bracket support with the tank removed, but its positionindicated in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 3-3 ofFig. 1.

In the drawing there is illustrated a wall I upon which a cylindricaldrum tank II is to be supported. The tank is provided with the usualannular flange l2 extending downwardly in continuation of its wall belowthe bottom I3. For supporting the tank there is secured to the wall It)a bracket support in the form of a block H! by means of screws I5, orany suitable means. The block is provided with an upper flat surfacewhich is coextensive with an arcuate portion of the flange I2 on thetank, in which there is provided a corresponding arcuate groove IE toform an interlocking shoulder with the flange I2. Thus, an arcuateportion of the flange I2 is adapted to seat within the groove l6 so asto interlock with the shoulder formed thereby, whereas the upper surfaceof the block may or may not be in supporting relation with the bottom l3of the tank. The arcuate portion of the flange I2, which is seated inthe groove, preferably extends about 60 degrees of the peripherythereof.

The tank is retained in its interlocked supporting relation with thebracket [4 by the tie block I! secured to the wall I!) by screws I8 orsimilar suitable means. The tie block I! is positioned to be engaged bythe peripheral wall of the tank immediately below the top thereof and itis provided with an exposed forward surface or edge conforming with theshape or contour of the tank wall so that the tank lies snuglythereagainst. While the screws, or the like, l8 secure the tie block tothe wall, they may likewise extend through the wall of the tank so thattheir heads I9 will primarily lock the tank to the tie block. The tankmay be perforated to receive the screws l8, or the usual keyholeapertures may be provided in the upper wall of the tank to permitremovable interlocking with the heads of the screws or the like.

The weight of the tank will be received and supported by the bracket Mwith which it is interlocked through the shoulder groove and flange,while the tank is tied to the wall against tipping off of the supportingbracket and steadied in its proper position with respect thereto, by thetie block I! and its associated securing means here shown in the form ofscrews la.

The invention claimed is:

A structure for supporting a tank or the like 7 on a wall in elevatedrelation, said tank having an annular flange extending downwardly fromthe bottom thereof, said structure comprising a pair of separate woodenblocks adapted to be supported upon said wall in vertical spacedrelation, the lowermost of said blocks extending from the wall topartially underlie the bottom of the tank and provided with an arcuategroove formed therein conforming to the curvature of the bottom flangeof said tank within which said flange is adapted to seat, the uppermostblock having a forward arcuate surface conforming in contour to the wallof said tank and extending in vertical alignment with the groove formedin the lowermost block, means for securing the lowermost block to saidwall in tank supporting position and a plurality of radially spacedscrews extending through the wall of said tank and upper block adaptedto secure said tank to said upper block and said upper block to itssupporting wall.

'DONALD E. 'I'OLLEY.

